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Old 05-13-2008, 08:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
robot_parade
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Location: San Antonio, TX
Is the Republican party done for?

Another Democratic special election win

This makes it 3-for-3 for special elections this year. Prospects are not looking for for the Republicans in the fall. Is this just the pendulum swinging back towards the party that's been out of power for awhile, or does it signal a sea-change in the U.S. political system?

Could the Republican party split? Maybe we could end up with a three party system, with the old Democratic party going further left, a centrist party, and a far-right party? So much of our political infrastructure is designed for the two-party system that this seems hard to imagine, but stranger things have happened.
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